PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wesley Walters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Walters
vs
King

195 cm
20
272 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

203 cm
26
285 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Wesley Walters!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve King!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walters misses the jab.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Walters moves out of range easily.
Walters misses with a wild combination.
A countering left hand to the body from King misses.
Walters takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
King is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Walters tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but King was well out of range. Poor timing from Walters.
Walters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Walters goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
A jab from Walters finds it's way through King's defenses.
Walters throws a jab but it's blocked by King.
Walters seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Walters uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
King takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Walters looks to land a right hand but King moved out of range.
Walters throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Walters misses with a hook.
King is looking for the big counter here.
Walters scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
King lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wesley Walters seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Walters lands an overhand right.
King takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Walters fakes high and swings low for a body shot but King manages to avoid it.
Walters lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Walters with a hook.
Walters keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
Walters sizes up King with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The fighters circling - Walters throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King throws a counter combo.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Walters fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from Walters.
Walters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walters throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and King counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
King scores with a head kick.

It looks like Wesley Walters has been cut.
Walters tests King's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Walters throws a right hand that misses

and King counters with a crisp one two that drops Walters! King thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Walters to his feet! Walters is in big trouble!
Walters throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
King throws out a counter right but Walters avoids it with no problem.
Walters cracks King with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Walters misses with a right hand
and King counters with a nice leg kick.
Walters lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
King is looking for the big counter here.
Walters misses with a few strikes there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walters fails to land with a series of punches.
Walters is breathing heavily.
King swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walters misses with a series of wild punches.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Walters.
Walters misses with the combination.
King throws a hook but Walters avoids it easily.
Walters cracks a nice hook into King's ribs.
King moves forwards but Walters connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Walters looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
Walters throws a left and a right that both miss
and King counters with a two punch combo.
Walters misses with a looping left.
Despite the aggression on King's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walters will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King takes one to the chin there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walters throws a right and a left that both miss.
Walters misses with the combination.
King throws a leg kick that is checked
and Walters counters with a stiff right hand.
Walters misses with a straight right.
King ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Walters tries to bum rush King with a series of wild strikes but King uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
King throws out a counter right but Walters avoids it with no problem.
Walters clobbers King with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Wesley Walters dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wesley Walters's cut.
That's time! Walters's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A punch combination from Walters misses.
Walters misses with an uppercut. King saw that one coming.
Walters throws a big shot that misses.
Walters misses with a two punch combination.
Walters scores with a one two! King had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Walters throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
Wesley Walters is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Walters.
Walters is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Walters looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
Walters is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that King can do to turn this around?
Walters rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and King counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from King, right into the meat.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King ducks under a wild hook from Walters.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with a body kick.
Walters throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
Walters throws a series of punches but King avoids them all with ease.
King unleashes a big counter combination but Walters bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Walters.
Walters misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Walters misses the shot to the body.
King connects with a high kick.
Wesley Walters is winning the standup battle so far.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King's coach down at Cozad MMA London was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on King's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
King slips under a jab from Walters.
Walters is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by King.
King slips a jab from Walters.
Walters throws a lazy uppercut

and King counters with a crisp right hand that drops Walters! King lets Walters back up to his feet, looking for a finish!

Walters is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! King throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Walters is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Steve King!
After the fight, Steve King was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.